Attachment for mailing-machines.



H. W. BILTZ.

ATTACHMENT FOR MAILING MAcHINBs.

APPLICATION TILED MAR. 30, 1914.

. Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS COv FHOTO-LlTHO-. WASHINGIUN. D. C.

H. W. BILTZ. ATTACHMENT FOB. MAILING MACHINES.

APPLIGATION TILED MALBD, 1914.

Patented Sept. 15,1914,

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO" PHDTO-LITHD., WASHINGTUN, D. C

H. W. BILTZ. ATTACHMENT FOR MAILING MACHINES. APPLIOATION FILED14113.30, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. C.

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HENRI W. BIL'IZ, O-FKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR MAILING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 15,1914, Applicationfiled March 30,1914. 1 Serial No. 823,243.

Be it known that I, HENRI W. BILTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson-and. State ofMissouri, have invented certain new 5mg envelops A, forwardone at a timeto and useful Improvements in Attachments for Mailing-Machines, of whichthe follow ing is a specification.

. My invention relates to mailing machines, and my object is to pro-,vide a simple mechanism which may be ad-..

j'usted, so that one or more stamps maybe affixed to an envelop.

-Heretofore, so far as I am aware, mailing machines employed in sealingandstamping envelops are capable of affixing but one stamp upon eachenvelop, hence, if two or more stamps are required they must be aiiixedbyhand which occupies considerable time where a large number of lettersare to be mailed requiring more than one stamp each.

In the present instance after an envelop has been run through themachine to affix.

the first stamp thereon,.my attachment is adjusted to retard the stampfeeding mechanism the space of one stamp, so that when the envelop isrun throughthe machine a second time the second stamp isaflixed theretobeside the first stamp; If a third'stamp is to be afixed to the envelopmy attachment isagain adjusted the space of a stamp to further delay thefeeding of the stamps, so

that when the envelop is run through the machine a third time, the thirdstamp will be affixed beside the second stamp, as will hereinafterappear.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference willnowbe made to the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a broken plan view of a mailmg machine provlded with myattachment. Fig. 2 1s a reduced irregularsectlonal viewon line II-II ofFig. 1, with some of the parts omitted. Fig. 3 is a plan view partly insection of the mailing machine with the upper portion thereof removed tomore clearly show my attachment. detail inverted plan View of myattachment removed from the mailing machine. Fig. 5 is a similar view toFig. 3, 'with'some of the parts in different positions. Fig. 6 is anirregular section on line VIVI of Fig. 3, with some of the partsremoved. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective of a pull-bar constituting partof my attachment.

attachments for i Flg. 41s a I ;only those portions of themailingmachine? adjacent to and hearing more or less on the Eoperation of myattachment.

l, 2, 3 aud t-designate feed rolls for-feedsealing'andstamping rolls 5and 6, through :a runway 7.

v Roll 6 is fixedly mounted upon a con- :stantly driven mainshaft 8,.carrying a For the 'sakeof brevity I will describe- 2loosely-mountedclutch member 9 which is driven by frictional contact'with the roll 6.j'Clutch member 9 is intermittently engaged fand held stationary byapawl 10, normally l'pressed by a coil spring-11 toward. a pin 12 on saidclutch member 9.

Pawl 10 is released from the pin 12 at intervals by an arm 13 fixed tothe lower end of a vertical shaft 14, rockable in a bearing '15 andhaving the pawl 10 rigidly fixed to Ythe upper endthereof. K

f 9* designates a large gear fixed upon the 1clutch member 9 tointermittently drivea ipinion 9 for a purposewhich will'herein f afterappear. I

jupper side'of the gear 9 and provided With fa strap 17, secured to a'pitman 18,"connected to a stamp carriage 19, to impart recipro- Ecablemovement thereto.

16 designates an eccentric fixed .upon the. L :L:

Carriage 19 is' provided with pins or finigers 20 for feeding forwardlya ribbon of istamps B through a stampway 21, said finigers 20 beingadapted toenter the usual perforations between the adjoining stamps. As

the foremost stamp passes between the stamp feed rolls 22, which carryit against lthe envelop towhich it"is later aflixed by the sealingrolls, said foremoststamp issev- ,ered by shears, not shown, from theribbonwhich remains stationary "until again fed forward by the carriage19. One of the stamp feed roll 22 is driven by the pinion 9F and in turndrives the companion rollsf through a train of gears 22. 12

I will now proceed to describe the mecha-2 .-nism constituting thepresent invention. '23 designates a plate to which the severah parts ofmy attachment are secured, said plate being in turn rigidly secured tothe; mailing machine at a point adjacent the rolls land 6. I

- 24: designatesfa finger which times ,the movement of the'stamps' Bwith relation to the envelops so that one, two, three, or

more stamps'maybe "consecutively aflixed to each envelop, willhereinaftermore clearly appear. Said finger 24 normally extends the pathof each envelop, as disclosed by Fig. ,3, and is pushedthereby to theright and backward as disclosed byfull and dotted lines, Fig. 5, whereitis detained by the envelop' until the same" passes to the right, whensaid finger immediately springs I forward across the path of thefollowing with an anti-friction roller 25, so that the passage oftheenvelops thereby will be atenvelopto the normalposition disclosed byFig. 3;. I 'lhefinger. 24 is provided at its outer end tended with butlittle friction, and said finger 24 is slidably mounted upon'a cam 26,

to which it is connected'by a pin or screw 27' slidably mounted ina slot28 in said cam. Finger .24 is normallyheld forward in the path of theenvelops, as disclosed by Fig. 3, by a lever 29. rockably mounted upon afulcrum 30, securedto the cam :26, and

normally held in'the position disclosed by Fig. 3 through theintermediacy of a retractile spring 31, secured to one end of said leverand a pin or screw 32 projecting from the cam 26.

Cam 26v is normally held against a stop or shoulder 33' on a pull-bar 34by means of a spring 35, having its freeend bearing forward againstscrew 32 and its opposite end coiled about a pivot 36, upon whichfthecam .26 ,isrockably mountedu Pull-bar 34is provided with a cable34extending'towithin convenient reach of the operator. when the latter isfeeding envelops to the machine.

Pivot 36 .is slidable 'ina slot'37 near the inner margin of the plate'23, and projects through a dog 38 extending downward from the pull-bar34 and beneath the plate 23,

to assist the screw 36 in s'lidably holdingthe pull-bar 34 upon theplate 23. Dog

. .38 also coacts with a ratchet-bar 39, slidable against the undersideof plate 23 andlprovided in the present instance with shoulders 40 and41 for engagement with said dog. Ratchet-bar 3 9 is mounted at one endupon a pivot 42, and pivotally connected at its opposite end to a handle43, extending through a guide 44and connected to one end of a retractilespring 45, whereby said hanvprojecting from'. the underside of the plate23. l

. Arm l3 controlled by a lever51, provided at its free end with a pin 52projecting upwardly therefrom to engage the free end of said arm 13.The'opposite end of lever is mounted upon a fulcrum 53, projecting fromthe upper side of the plate 23.

Lever 51 is held in engagement-with the adjacent end of the (3311126 bya spring "54 coiled aroundthe-fulcrum 53 and secured at its ends byscrews 55 and 56, projecting from said lever 51'and the upper side of.the plate 23, respectively.

The operation ;.'briefiy stated is as for. lows As an advancing envelophimpinges against the finger24 the same is pushed to the right andbackward; out 'ofthe path of" said envelop ,..as' disclosed by full anddotted lines Fig., 5, andflretain-ed in the dotted position until theenvelop clears the roller, 25 when-said finger is immediately restoredto the initial position disclosed by Fig. 3', through the intermedia-cyofthe springs 31 and 54 and .the'parts controlled 1 thereby. When thefinger. 24 is tilted to the second position disclosed by: full lines,Fig. .5,-

it rocks the cam 36 and causes it tosWing the lever 51 backward, sothatit in turn.

swings thearm 13 backward and causesit to release the pawl 10 from theypin 12..

\Vhen the pin 12 is thus released, the clutch member 9 is immediatelyrotated by. the

main roll 6 and in turn drives the gear wheel 9*, which through theintermediacy ofthe train of gears9t, 22 drives the stamp feed.

Rotation ofthe gear wheel 19 rotates the eccentric 16, causing thepitm'an 18 to move the carriage 19 forward until the forward endfof thestamp ribbon B is.

rolls 22.

seized by the initialrolls 22 and carried forward bythe last. roll 22and the main roll- 6 into engagement withthe advancing envelop, to whichit is affixed by said mainroll 6, the roll 5, and other rolls not shown,in the; rear of rolls 5 and 6. 'As the'can,

riage 19 reaches the-end of its,forward stroke, thefo-rward stamp issevered from the ribbon B by the shears, and the carriage returns to theend of its backward stroke, at which time the finger 24 resumesitsinitial the pin 12, and thus hold the clutch member 9 and the partscontrolled thereby stationsedbn'd position-by anotherenvelop." When aninitialstamp isto be placed on each envelop, the pull-bar134 is drawn inthe direction of arrow a,,.-Ei .,,1, toadjust the dog'38 against theiniti'al shoulder 40 ofthe ratchet-bar39. This operationuadjusts thefinger 24 in the direction of the advancing envelop, so that the samewill trip said fin ger in time to permit the initial stamp G tobe-afiixed to the forward upper corner-30f said envelop, as disclosed byFig. 8. After one stamp has been affixed to each envelop y and it isdesired to apply a second stamp to.- 130 until thefinger 24-1saga1ntilted to its.

position and permits the pawl 10 to engage each envelop, the handle 43is pulled in the direction of arrow 6, Fig. 4, to allow the dog 38 tomove back into engagement with the second shoulder 41 on the ratchet-bar39. This operation carries the finger 24 to the right one step equal toor slightly greater in length than the width of a stamp, thus retainingthe forward feeding of the stamp ribbon, so that the second stamp D willmeet the envelop just in the rear of the initial stamp C, where it isaffixed to said envelop. A third stamp E may be aflixed to each envelopbeside the stamp D, by again running the envelops through the machineafter the finger 24 has been drawn to the right another step byadjusting the dog 38 back upon the surface 39 of the ratchet-bar 39.From the foregoing it will be understood that the number of stamps whichmay be affixed to each envelop is limited onlyby the number of shoulderson the ratchet-bar 39.

While I have shown and described my attachment as applied to a mailingmachine, it is obvious that it may also be applied to a mail cancelingmachine for the purpose of adjusting the stamp canceling devices tocancel one or more stamps aifixed to mail matter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is: v

1. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amail-matter controlled mechanism to time the movements of said carnage,and means to adjust said mechanism to change the time ofmovement of thecarriage.

2. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amailmatter controlled finger to time the movements of said carriage, andmeans to adjust said finger to change the time of movement of thecarriage.

3. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amail-matter controlled element, a cam carrying said element and adaptedto time the movements of said carriage, said cam being actuated by saidelement, and means to adjust said cam to change the time of movement ofthe carriage.

4. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amail-matter controlled element, a lever controlled by said element andadapted to time the movements of said carriage, and means to adjust saidelement to change the time of movement of the lever.

55. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amail-matter controlled element to time the movements of said carriage,means to adjust said element to change the time of movement of thecarriage, a dog for holding said element at different points ofadjustment, and means for securing saiddog at different points of itsadjustment.

6. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amail-matter controlled element to time the movements of said carriage, adog for adjusting and holding said element at different points of itsadjustment, and a ratchet-bar for securing said dog at different pointsof its adjustment.

7. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amail-matter controlled element to time the movements of said carriage, adog for adjusting and holding said element at different points of itsadjustment, a ratchet-bar for securing said dog at different points ofits adjustment, and a handle for disengaging said ratchet-bar from thedog.

8. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amail-matter controlled element to time the movements of said carriage, adog for adjusting and holding said element at different points of itsadjustment, a spring-retracted toggle to adjust said dog in onedirection, and means coacting with said dog to hold it at difierentpoints of its adjustment.

9. In a machine of the character described, a stamp feed carriage, amail-matter controlled element to time the movement of said carriage, adog for adjusting and holding said element at different points of itsadjustment, a spring-retracted toggle 100 to adjust said dog in onedirection, a pullbar to adjust said dog in another direction, and meanscoacting with said dog to hold it at diiferent points of its adjustment.

10. In a machine of the character described, a stamp-feed carriage, amail-controlled element, a cam on which said ele ment is slidablymounted, a spring-retracted lever to normally hold said element at oneend of its adjustment, a plate on which 110 said cam is slidably androckably mounted, its rockable movement being controlled by the element,manual means for sliding the cam upon said plate, and a lever controlledby said element and adapted to time the 115 movements of said carriage.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRI W. BILTZ. VVit-nesses:

F. G. FISCHER, FRED. O. F ISOHER;

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